A well-known Oklahoma Baptist pastor announced Feb. 1 that he will challenge a 28-year incumbent to represent the state’s Third Congressional District. If elected, Wade Burleson would be the second Oklahoma Baptist pastor currently serving in Congress; Oklahoma Sen. James…
#AlMohlerToo: Did a Southern Baptist power broker just get woke?
Seminary president Albert Mohler, in a widely circulated essay, has called for independent, third-party investigations of allegations of sexual abuse in churches and Christian ministries. That position stands in stark contrast to the one he took in the recent past.
Paige Patterson controversy tests SBC’s ‘no criticism’ code, says former denominational worker
Southern Baptist Convention leaders are distancing themselves from an embattled seminary president in an unusual departure from custom about never speaking ill in public about a fellow agency head, according to a former denominational worker.
ANOTHER VIEW: Back to the past for a map of the future
During the 1985 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, Texas, I woke up before the crack of dawn in order to reserve 20 seats on the floor of the arena for each day of business. I was a young, motivated pastor….